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Even Iron Man can be hacked (Picture: Marvel/Paramount/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock)

Robert Downey Jr is one of Hollywood’s biggest stars and the man behind one of the big screen’s most beloved heroes.

But that doesn’t mean he is immune to the classic ‘win a free iPhone!’ social media hack.

Avengers star RDJ has told fans to steer clear of his Instagram after his account, which has 43.2 million followers, was ‘compromised’ by an unknown hacker.

Those clicking on Robert’s account for the latest updates were greeted with a post for a ‘giveaway’ reading: ‘I’m giving away 2000x FREE iPhone XS & MUCH MORE on my Instagram story RIGHT NOW! Claim them before they’re ALL gone!’

Meanwhile, over on his story, there was a ‘swipe up’ post telling followers to claim their ‘free’ iPhone XS, while Downey Jr’s bio was edited to include a link to a form asking for personal information.

Awkward (Picture: Instagram)

Who knew RDJ had so many phones to give away? (Picture: Instagram)

Now, we’re fairly sure we would have copped on that Iron Man wasn’t flogging pghones on his story, but the 54-year-old went over to Twitter to warn his fans away.

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The Marvel legend tweeted: ‘I’m sorry to say my Instagram has been compromised… Please steer clear for the time being until it’s sorted. Thank you all. I love you 3000.’

People filed in with ‘love you 3000’ responses, while one person joked: ‘Tony Stark would hack them back.’

Another tweeted: ‘Thanx for coming online to tell us we didn’t know u were hacked we thought u were trying to sell 2000 iphones.’

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